| 58 days. If you love the distinctive bite of Romano-type pole beans, Helda is the variety you have been looking for. It's got nearly twice the yield potential of older types, yet it hasn't lost a nibble of the full-bodied, satisfying flavor that true bean lovers crave. This vining plant reaches 8 feet tall and up to 3 feet wide, with simply enormous crops that begin in early summer. The flattish pods are 9 inches long and very weighty, loaded down with plump white seeds. Great resistance to Common Bean Mosaic ensures even bigger, healthier crops, too. Most beans bred in this country have lost some of the depth of flavor for which Romanos are so renowned. Helda is a European bean who knows her roots and keeps the tender, succulent, strongly-flavored bite of her ancestors! Helda was one of the first pole beans to set fruit in our trial gardens last summer, and we think you'll enjoy a long, prolific harvest from this superb Romano. Enjoy! Many gardeners prefer pole beans for their distinctive "beany" flavor. Because they use vertical space, they free up the horizontal rows in the vegetable garden for other varieties while bearing abundant harvests. They're easier than bush beans to harvest as well. Direct-sow after all danger of frost, and for best harvest, keep sowing at 3-week intervals until late spring. For fall crops, begin in late summer and continue until a month or so before first frost date. Support the 5- to 8-foot vines on a trellis, tower, or poles spaced 3 feet apart. Pkt is 2 ounces (about 100 seeds). |
